Man arrested after robbing soldier of phone
Police on Thursday morning arrested a suspect shortly after a Guyana Defence Force rank was robbed by knife-wielding, bicycle bandits in the city.
According to the police , a member of the Joint Services was robbed of his cellular phone by three bandits around 0200hrs while walking along High and D’ Urban Streets with a colleague.
The suspects pounced on the soldier and relieved him of his mobile phone. The victims fled the scene and in the process , they encountered a passing police patrol. One of the suspects was arrested a short distance from where the robbery occurred , the police noted.
 
Police said that 20 year-old bandit , who is unemployed , lives on Norton Street, Lodge and is assisting with the investigation.
 
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